1978, March 16: Blackacre
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Blackacre: 1978, March 16
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School of Law
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1978-03-16
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Volume IX Number-VHI . Loyolll University of Chicago School of Law March 16, 1978 Loyola law school mourns loss of Justice Dooley Brian Allen Faculty and students at Loyola Law School were saddened last week to learn of the death of Dlin" is Supreme Court Justice James A. Dooley. 'He was a man of such high energy, he seemed indestructible," said Law School Dean Charles Murdock. "A deep void in the legal profession will be created by his death," Murdock added. Justice Dooley had a great number of connections with the law school. He received his J.D. from Loyola in 1937. Mter graduating he kept in touch with Loyola, hiring law school graduates into his firm. When Justice Dooley left private practice fol' the Supreme Court bench he donated many volumes from his personal library to the law school. Last year Justice ~ley made a gift of $100,000 to the law school to fund a series of lectures by outstanding lawyers. Commenting on the donations at the time, Mr. Dooley said, "The objective of the lectures is to give law school students training in the mechanics of the law. I consider this gift a feeble effort to repay a professor which has been very kind to me." Before ascending to the bench Mr. Dooley had a long and successful career in private practice. He was considered one of ·Chicago's best courtroom lawyers. His practice was primarily in the area of personal injury law. He participated in more than 2,500 cases during his private practice. · "Jim Dooley gave a courtroom impression as being rough and unpolished," said law school professor Charles Purcell. "He was a tough adversary for that reason. To a juror he didn't look like the typical lawyer." "He established a great body of law during his legal career," said Leonard Ring, Chicago attorney and long-time friend of Mr. Dooley's. "His was a history of never laying down." Justice Dooley began his career, according to Ring, at a time when being a lawyer for a plaintiff was not a favorable role. "Large awards to plaintiffs were not given then, or if they were they would be reversed on appeal. By hard work Jim turned this entire philosophy around." Mr. Dooley will perhaps be best remembered for his work in representing Dick Butkus in a suit against the Chicago Bears. But there were other landmark cases which also stood out. The Drano case was one of these. A woman was blinded when a can of Drano exploded in her home. Dooley won her a settlement of $900-,000 and helped establish concepts of products liability. In another case, Dini v. Naiditch, Mr. Dooley recovered $250,000 for a fireman who w.as severely burned. "It used to be," Ring said, "you could not recover damages for injury to a fire fighter. It was considered an assumed risk. But Jim turned the law around so that if the owner of the property is negligent and contributes to starting the fire, the injured fire fighter can recover." Justice Dooley will also be remembered as a man who took on the Daley machine. In 1976, as an independent Democrat, he challenged Circuit Court Judge Joseph A. Power, a law partner of Mayor Daley's, for the Democratic nomination to a vacant Supreme Court seat. In the primary Mr. Dooley upset Judge Power by 29,800 votes. He then went on to win in the general election by defeating Republican Reginald G. Holzer by 500,000 votes. During his short time on the Supreme Court bench Mr. Dooley distinguished himself by his energy. "He wrote more opinions, including dissents, in the time he was on the bench than any of his predecessors," Ring said. "He was also well on his way in trying to shape the field of tort law in the state. He was trying to carry on the hard won gains of consumers in the area of torts. He championed lawyers' rights. "Jim was a workabolie. On Sundays be would be at the law library researching. He did his own brief writing and would not assign work out. He never left the office before 10 or 11 p.m." Justice Dooley was an avid writer. He authored Dooley on Torts -- The New Tort Boo~. a four volume work published in 1976. He served as editor of Trial Magazine in 1973 and 1974. He contributed over 50 articles to leading law reviews and publications. In addition to his other accomplishments Mr. Dooley was a member of the Loyola Law Advisory Board, recipient of the law school's Medal of Excellence in 1967, and chairman of the Board of Trustees of Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa. He also served as president of the American Society of Trial Lawyers. ReferendtJm fails; alternatives sou~t Christopher E.K. Pfann~uche The referrendum that might have changed the perenially cursed academic calendar failed to so last week when 60 percent of each law school division could not agree on whether first semester examinations should end before Christ-mas. The referendum presented students with two options. The first option would have started fal1 classes on Wednesday, August 16, 1978. Classes would have ended Novep~ber 23. There would have been a Trial practic~ team takes 2~.nd in national fi~ see page 4 Gallo wins intra-school competition: National moot court team selected seepage 3 - • • • ' • 0 ~ ' • • . . . ' combined Thanksgiving holiday-two week reading period (Nov.. 24-Dec.lO} and then two weeks of exams ending on December 23. The the second option would have started fall classes on August 21. Then there would have been a combined reading week-Thanksgiving break (Nov. 19-26) followed by on~ last week of classes (Nov. 27 . Dec. 2), a second reading week (Dec. 3·10} ·and a two week exam perion (Dec. 10-23}. Both options would have allowed for two · weeks of study time, a three week semester . break and a second semester ending one week earlier than the current calandar. The ballot stipulated that if 60 percent of the day students and 60 percent of the evening students voted for tht: change the proposal would then be, submittetl to the faculty council. While passing with an 82 percent: favorable vote among the day students, only 57 percent of the evening students approved the change. Just 3 percent short of the required 60 percent. Four votes would have made the difference. Although the referendum passed by a 75 percent· margin overall, it still failed to meet the requirements established by the SBA. The reason proffered by the SBA for the 60 percent minimum was that, knowing that any change would still have to pass the Faculty Council and the bean, the SBA reasoned that nothing short of a 60 percent mandate would demonstrate student approval. The SBA anticipated autat a 51 percent majority would not have persuaded the Council that students in all divisions supported a change. In view of the result SBA will not present the issue to the Faculty. This decision came after a number of alternatives were considered. SBA has taken the position that students have i'ldicated their posititon and that it should t retract its original 60 percent stipulation. However, it seems that the proposal will be submitted to the Council at its meeting next Wednesday, by either an interested faculty member or by the Dean himself. If this occurs, SBA officers will be on hand to explain the results of the referendum. The results of the referendum are as follows: Day Students· "Change the calendar?" YES-212 (81 percent), NO · 39 (18 percent). Option B-93. Night Students "Change the calendar?" YES - 72 (55 percent), NO · 55 (42 percent). Option A - 35. Option B - 16. See letters to the editor p. 3 & 4 Blackacre page two ' / Current issues point up continuing syndrome Blackacre has always been more than willing to print ~t~ers to the editor, m fact we solicit comments wheth~r critical or laudatory about our own efforts and about tssues th~t touch each of us as members of the Law Sch~ol community. We are not going to take the ~ppo~tumty to have the last word in answer to this ISSUe s le~ters because .t~ey speak for themselves, and our duty .1s .only to .PUblictze tfie views contained within the!ll. n lS mtere~tmg, however to note the syndrome of which these letters are proof. That syndrome consists of !Jl~~e ~an 500 of us ~aiting for the product of 1 student's lDlb~bv~ t~ bear frwt or not, and then all500 plus of us . passmg m JUdgment of the effort. It is a syndrome of mvolvement only after the fact. Let it be clear that the four students wlio found the time to submit these letters have also been some of the few who have found the time to work for their ideas, so no criticism of them or of any~e else individually is intended. This most recent architects' meeting was not the only one ever held. In fact the first meeting held in the Geor:getown Ro~m !Donths ago before the plans were pubhshed and fmahzed,. was adjourned to the Faculty Lounge because only a nandful of students showed up. There does seem to be a greater truth than is obvious on the s~a,ce in. t~e old saying, "it's all over but the shouting. ' It 1s JUSt a shame that the shouting didn't start until all the plan making was over. . As for the refere~dum - the bme to stump for an issue IS ~fore the ballotmg. Blackacre has confidence in the abibty of those who would be lawyers to read a ballot thoug1ttfull~ and to assess after having personally expenenced even one semester of post-Holiday exams wtiether a calendar ch«,mge is needed. . The referendul!l and architects' meeting point up the s1mpl_e fact that Issues don't arise as faits accomplis . The ttme for our involvement is before the die is cast' Nobody needs Monday morning quarterbacks as they :say. .. SRS BKW A plea for an equitable calendar To: Dean Murdock and Editors of Black-acre, Re: Referendum for schedule change A great injustice is being done to the overwhelming majority of Loyola University Law Students who voted in favor of revising the fall semester schedule. These students, (75 per cent of all who voted on the referendum) are in favor of changing the schedule so final exams will be administered before Christmas. 82 per cent ot the day students 57 percent of the night students were in favor of the change. I feel this is an ample plurality of students to facilitate the schedule change. I am well aware of the arbitrary 60 per cent minimum for p_assage that was placed on the referendum. However that was all that it was, an arbitrary n~ber. It is plain to see that a vast majority of the students want the change. I see no reason why the great weight of the law school community should not be adhered to. I am concerned about the number, (or lack of number) of night students who did not vote. After talking to some night students, it became clear to me that many of them were not aware of what they were voting for. The SBA-night representatives had neglected to discuss the pros and cons of the new schedule with the night students. It was also brought to my attention by a night student that one professor commented on the referendum by saying it did not matter how the students voted because the faculty would not allow it. I believe this statement was prejudicial to the referen- . dum and may have caused some night students not to vote at all. There is a real controversy as to the feelings of the night students because only 60 percent of them cared to (or knew about) the vote. However, even if one concedes that 57 percent of the night students want the change, that is still an ample majority to install the new schedule. In previous years this referendum has not been approved by the faculty because they claimed the Law School had to stay on the same schedule as the undergrads at Lewis Towers. This year the undergrads i1ad their finals before Christmas. The faculty was worried that the night students would not get a two week reading period. The referendum allowed for that period. We are only allowed one week reading period in the spring. I was not aware that the spring courses were easier, but they must be if we need two weeks to study in the fall, but only one in the spring. It appears to me that the faculty had a great excuse with the old undergrad schedule to rely on. That is no longer available to them. Now their excuse is the night students. But they refuse to let the night students decide for themselves when the faculty members make arbitrary statements degrading the credibility of the referendum. I think the faculty is using any reason it can gfasp not to approve the change. But it is clear that they are not actin on behalf of the expressed interests of the majority of the students. I would like to point out that changing to the pre-Christmas exam schedule is a growing trend among law schools. Northwestern will convert to that schedule next fall. Their change was made unilaterally by the Dean of the Law School without any student referendum. The University of Illinois, Champaign and Carbondale, along with Notre Dame and others finish their fall semester before Christmas. Loyola, as I was led to believe, has always attempted to be a modern progressive law school. I urge ~t we continue this ideal by adopting the new schedule. · Inequity occu. s when 25 percent of the voters can control !he remaining 75 percent. A clear majority of the students are tired of not being able to enjoy the Holiday Season. It is time for a change. Henry Daar 1D Letters to the editor Referendum not given honest effort . . The referendum on calendar change has apparently failed notwithstanding the fact that 75 per -cent of the school-wide ;tudent population is in favor of changing the calendar to allow final exams before Christmas break. I would like to submit . possible reasons for its failure. The SBA blundered! Passing a resolution requiring 60 per cent of each division to vote in favor of the change prior to submitting it for faculty consideration was pure nonsense. As an SBA rep., I share part of that blame. Why set any limit at all? It was the students' vote which counted, not the SBA's arbitrary limit. Taken to its extreme a 14 per cent minority of the voters controlled the referendum. A limit set at 60 per cent school-wide and 50 per cent of each respective division would have adequately represented everyone's interests. Any SBA reps. who did not adequately present the referendum issues to their constituencies also share the blame for its failure. The SBA cannot operate in a vacuum; failing to adequately present the issues to the entire student body is a derogation of responsibility. The Blackacre staff blundered! A bastardized synopsis of the referendum was printed in the newspaper less than one week prior to the voting. It was both distorted and abbreviated. Arguments "pro and con" were not fully developed and some were eliminated. No date for the referendum was ever mentioned. The Dean was misquoted in the article as "being in favor of the change," when actually he expressed no opinion whatever, except that there was still time to make the change for the upcoming academic year. A submitted copy of the sample ballot was edited out as well as the comparison to the present calendar. An article on the proposed referendum procedure was also eliminated. An issue so '{itally affecting students deserved more print than it received - especially in light of past overwhelming faculty rejections. Even if there was not enough material to produce an eight page paper, other articles might have been edited, saved or eliminated. An otherwise highly commendable job by the entire Blackacre staff all year has been greatly appreciated. Night student apathy, however, sealed the fate for the entire student. body on the issue. Only 60 per cent of the eligible night students voted. Many of those who did vote misunderstood the substantive calendar changes. This was apparent both from comments on the ballots and conversations with night students after the balloting. Three more votes in favor of the referendum would have given the night division the required 60 per cent. Night students blew it not only for themselves but also for the 82 per cent of the day students who were in favor of changing the calendar. Thanks! · The faculty sabotaged the referendum. One professor commented that no matter what happens, he would not show up for class until September 1. Another informed the class that their voting was "senseless" because the faculty would overwhelmingly reject the change no matter how the students voted. I consider both of their comments inappropriate. If faculty members wanted to "chuckle" at our referendum they should have at least done so out of earshot of students. Instead some professors prematurely jeopardized the effectiveness of the referendum. Thanks for letting us know how you feel anyway. The "booby" prize however goes to a first year night professor. First the students were informed that most night students probably would not want to change because the proposed calendar would not allow them that needed two week study break prior to finals. Then an informal band count was taken in which the students rejected the new calendar. Let's analyze this in terms of negligence. The professor had a duty to understand the substantive changes in the calendar proposals before speaking on them. The duty was breached by failing to adequately examine the face of the ballot (or even the bastardized Blackacre article which mentioned the two week study break as being preserved). The harm or injury occured when the referendum failed. If three votes changed "but for" this teacher's comments, then the referendum would have passed. These misguided statements were probably a "substantial factor" in causing the harm. Of _s:ourse, contributory negligence, by these night students who did not thoroughly read the ballot before voting, could always be raised as a defense. Remember, in Illinois, contributory negligence· completely bars recovery. L.et's examine some pedagogical reasons for the change (or opposing it). Graduating seniors are faced with studying for finals and the BRI simultaneously under the present calendar. Any "intensive seminar" is presently taught within a nine day period between semesters whereas a two or three week period would be provided under the new calendar. Obviously students would no longer have the rigors of studying over Christmas and New Year's. Those night students who actually had a week off from work between Christmas and New Year's would benefit under the present calendar (unless the holiday season interferes). It is a shame that the diligent and conscientious efforts of SBA President Jerry Larkin were wasted. This referendum was the most thoroughly prepared since the issue first surfaced four years ago. Previous attempts were hand counts taken in classes. Jerry not oilly designed the ballot, be made a coherent presentation of the arguments for both sides after objectively listening to them for days. At least he was more objective than I. Cheers! -s- Bill Kelly Dean locks out student opinion A meeting was held on March 9, with two of the architects for the new law school, the Dean, the head of the university building committee and about 35 law students. The students were there to discuss those things about the new law school design that have been found to be most distressing to the greatest number of students, i.e. the security problems on the first floor and the administration problems and fac·ulty offices on the fith floor. Many of us were actually naive enough to think we could have an effect on the ultimate design decision. As the meeting progressed, it became increasingly apparent that we were there to be pacified - to feel we were actually contributing, when in fact all the decisions had been made long ago. It's now clear, I think, that the meetings with students were meaningless from the start. What is so dissappointing is the lack of candor with which we have all been treated. The March 9 meeting is a perfect example: a lot of us sacrificed time we could not afford, to come to school and participate in what was in fact was an insulting charade. We at least were owed the courtesy of being told from the outset what decisions were irrevocable. I don't agree with the authoritarian manner in which the decisions were made, but since they have been made in fact, it is doubly appalling that they are being handled in such a covert manner. A lot of trust was lost at that meeting and a lot of us had much less faith in the direction of this law school when that meeting was over. The pity is that it was all so unnecessary. Honesty cannot be treated as a threat to the administrative power. If it really is a threat , we are all in very serious trouble. Tn!:lnn W2 ~Pm Blackacre page three Gallo survives competition, wins Moot Court contest Pat Kuehn and Bill Piper The second annual Loyola Law School Appellate Advocacy Competition concluded on March 2, 1978, with a final round held in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the Dirksen Federal Building. Bill Gallo, who argued alone throughout the competition due to the sudden illness of his teammate, was the winner. Gallo was awarded the first place gavel by a panel consisting of the Honorable Wilbur F. Pell, Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, the Honorable Robert J. Downing, Presiding Justice, Dlinois Appellate Court, and the Honorable Kenneth E. Wison, Justice, Dlinois Appellate Court. The second place team consisted of Mary Kathryn Kelly and David Levitt; all the students are in their second year of study. Eleven teams of two members each entered the competition. Each team argued two preliminary rounds on consecutive nights; the arguments began on February 27. On March 1, a semifinal round was held. In that round, Heidi Katz and Mark Fine argued against Bill Gallo, and Mary Kathryn Kelly and David Levitt were matched against Jacky Walther and Davi~ Silverman. Contestants wrote briefs on the 1977 National Moot Court Problem which were weighted fifty percent in the scoring. The problem involved the power of the Nation· al Labor Relations Board to assert juris-diction over a law finn which arguably was not involved in interstate conunerce. The propriety of the Board's issuance of a Section 10(j) injunction was also at issu~. In offering feedback to the finalists, the panel was complimentary to the students and was impressed with their knowledge of the law and their grace and poise in the face of a barrage of difficult questions. Judges in the semifinal round were: the Honorable John Powers Crowley and the Honorable James B. Parsons, both judges in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Dlinois; Judge Par· sons is Chief Judge. Judging from the Dlinois Appellate Court were the Honor· able Philip Romiti, the Honorable Thomas A. McGloon, and the Honorable Mel R. Jiganti. Justice Daniel J. McNamara of For Women, -Inc. to combine services of many professions Participants of a unique law project undertaken by several Loyola students have announced that For Women, Inc. is now an Dlinois, not-for-profit, corporation and is currently in the first phase of operation. The officers of the corporation, elected under by-laws drafted by the board of directors, are Joann Wasem, 3D, president; Judith Ramey, 3E, vice-presi· dent; Andrea Schliefer, 3E, secretary; and Adrienne Levatino, 3E, treasurer. The remainder of the board presently consists of Claire Manning, 2D, and Janel Fain, 3E, and will be expanded. In addition, ·an advisory board, representing a wide range of professions, is being developed. The purpose of the corporation is to research the delivery of professional services to women in the Chicago area and to develop and implement a professional services center. The center will integrate legal, medical and social services to fully - meet the client's needs in a wide range of areas. For Women, Inc. has been working closely with members of the law school faculty and the larger Chicago legal conununity to explore and solve the legal and ethical complexities. The first step of the center development will be the law practice, incorporated separately from For Women, Inc., with its own board, staff and administrators. It is expected that the firm will charge on a sliding fee scale and will also do pro bono work where appropri· ate. There is also interest in providing representation to minors under the new Dissolution Act. It is expected that this phase of the project will also utilize social services and counselling. For Women, Inc. is presently trying to establish a relationship with the law school so that students may receive credit and clinical experience by working in the center. With the closing of the Lakeview Clinic this spring, this opportunity~ for school-related clinical experience will be badly needed. The board is preparing a great proposal for the funding of the project; several foundations have already expressed an interest in contributing support. Realizing that the law school popula· tion may have become bored with wine and cheese parties, For Women, Inc. has planned a "Champagne and Guacamole Party" to toast the new corporation. It will be held in the President's Room from 4: 30 • 7 p.m., Thursday, March 30. Everyone is invited. The following Wednesday, April5, an open meeting will be held for all interested students and faculty, to discuss the project, offer suggestions, comments and criticisms. " I realize there is an inherent conflict in being a full-time administrator and teaching a substantiv~ .la.w course to a large class. Generally I resolve that conflict by working extra hard.~,·-·Ta~en [!..!!.rm pe_an, Murdock's letter, to his, Co~por!Jtions- class. .. . .. .. . ' the Dlinois Appellate Court was unable to years' National Moot Court Team. The judge due to a death in the family. balance of next years' team was selected A banquet was held at the Berghoff on the basis of the high~t composite Restaurant preceeding the final round, scores (brief and oral scores) of individu-where Dean Charles W. Murdock presen· als during the preliminary rounds. ted engraved gavels to the third and fourth Joining Gallo on the 1978-79 Loyola place teams. National Moot Court Team are Mary K. By winning the competition, Gallo auto- Kelly, David Levitt, Jacky Walther, Heidi becomes for next Katz and @ iii -= Students resent role as law -schQQl ye!l_ persons Open letter to Dean Murdock: Dear Dean Murdock, Thursday, March 9th, a meeting was held with the architects for the new law school. The meeting was attended by the architects, three faculty members and twenty-five to thirty st-&dents. Announcements bad been billing the event as an opportunity to register complaints with the proposed plans. As the meeting progressed it became quite clear that the plans were "proposed" in name only. According to the architects the planning was too far..· advanced for the suggested changes to be feasible. Students voiced concern over the security problems of the first floor and the apparent isolation of the faculty on the' fifth floor. My criticism of the meeting deals more with the conceptual framework in which it originated than with the substantive problems raised. The plans, especially with respect to the establishment of a floor for exclusive faculty use, were apparently a fait accompli long before the meeting was held. the arguments for and against such a plan need not be restated. What is important is the disregard shown for any meaningful student input in the planning process. The new building will be financed through p·ast, present, and future contributions by students. Their role in planning the new structure should not be summarily dismissed. · I suggest that student input, if honestly sought, be obtained before decisions are made. H you perceive the student body's role as merely to rubber stamp predetermined outcomes do not bother to hold such meetings in the future. sincerely, lames T. Reilly Blnckacre Staff ::ditor-in-Chief Bernie Weiler Managing Editor Leslie Robbins "!i"eatures Editor Shelley Sm ith Nevis Editors Mary Kay KPII)' Tom Lenz l<'orum Eriitor •Brion .'l. liel'! Photo Editor Judy Fors Production· Editor Mar ~ BE.'Iol'lon Contribu to rs: ·.fim N e wman, Genny O ' Toole, Je r r1• La~k i n, R i_ch Cozzola, M ik e P oulos, Ja y Fifl e r, Jack Leh a y ne, Phi.l l ukows k}' . R ich K im nach . Joh, Dortahu e,. Christopher C..Y.. · Pfannkuche, Ma rk B e la ko ~ . J ohn Bulf in. Mary Kay Daw:s o n , Bob Coo n ey . D o ug Br ow ~ . Bob W i lc h e r , Jim Ha us e r, Dee J a r rett, Andy S chle ifer 1 Li-z P"'"dzich Jac.k Donate lli Ralph Senatore _BLACKACRE is published every three weeks of the academic year by the stude"'ts of Loyola. University of Chicago School -of Law. Vnle~s'f>therwise sp-ecified, portions of this publication may be reprintea by ariy otner law school student publication provided that the source is named above reprinted material. Contributions ~a~ be addressed to BLACKACRE, 41 East Pearson, Chicago, Ill-mots. 605ll. · . 11!,' ,:· ' ' •ti l. <.U Blackaq~, p.f}g~ f_.our Trial team takes second in nationals Mary Kay Kelly Loyola Law School has established itself as a powerhouse among the nation's law schools in trial practice training. The .two Loyola Trial Practice teams placed · first and second in the 7th Circuit Regional Competition, and both went on to partici. pate in the Third Annual National Trial Practice Competition held on March 1,2 and 3, in Houston, Texas. The team of Barry Spevack, Jill Metz : ·and Mark Knutson competed in the initial three rounds of the nationals but did not continue to the quarter-finals. Linda Wawzenski, Marvin Bloom and Richard Rumsey won against their preliminary round challenges and entered the quarter-finals against Syracuse University. Winning that round, the team went on to meet the University of Houston in the semifinals. Successful again, the Loyola team was pitted against the only other survivor - ABA sponsors criminal justice writing contest The ABA Section of Criminal Justice· is sponsoring a writing contest for law students. All students enrolled in AHAapproved law schools are eligible to enter the Alan Y. Cole Law Student Writing Contest. The topic is: "Access to JUstice: Prospects for Developments in Criminal Law." Entries must be postmarked no later than May 1, 1978, and must inClude the contestant's permanent and temporary addresses with telephone numbers. Entries should be submitted to: Ms. Susan IIDlenbrand, Co-ordinator; f..aw Student Contest, ABA Criminal Justice Section, Second Floor, 1800 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. A special Section Committee will judge the entries, and the decision of the Committee will be final. None of the entries will be returned, and the · ABA Criminal Justice Section reserves the ·nonexclusive right to publish winning entrieS. The winner of the contest will receive a set of the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice· and a free trip to the Association's Annual Meeting in New York City in August. The winner will be invited to present an abstract of the paper to Section Officers and Council members during the meeting. The Section also plans to print tlie · winning manuscript in an ABA publication. Baylor University of Houston - in the final round. After arguing the case for the sixth time in three intense days, the team of Wawzenski, Bloom and Rumsey lost to Baylor on a 2-1 split decisioin. The team's success in Houston was particularly outstanding because Linda Wawzenski was chosen as Best Advocate of the Competition. The National Trial Practice Competition is sponsored yearly by the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Houston law finn of Fullbright and Jaworski (of Leon Jaworski fame). This year the case used was a personal injury suit against a security guard company for injuries the plaintiff sustained in a fight with a security guard of a 7-11 food store. The real hurdles of the case were posed by the lact that the security guard had two felony assault convictions to his credit. Thus the issue whether the company was negligent in hiring the guard in the first place arose. Stringent time limits were imposed on each team's presentation of the case. Five minutes were allowed for an opening statement, 45 minutes to present the case in chief, 15 minutes for cross-examination and 15 minutes for closing argument. In addition, each team alternated representing the opposing. sides of the suit. On Loyrua 'steam Richard Rumsey represented the defendant security guard company and Marvin Bloom represented the plain-tiff throughout, Linda Wawzenski argued at every stage of each round, representing both the plaintiff and the defendant. Ms. Wawzenski's endurance and exceptional performance were recognized with deserved acclaim at the annual convention of the American College of Trial Lawyers, held in Phoenix, Arizona. She was flown to Phoenix the week after the competition in order to receive the George A. Spiegleberg Award. The award was presented for the first time this year in honor of George A. Spiegleberg, an outstanding trial attorney from Phoenix. In her acceptance speech Ms. Wawzenski noted the tremendous trial practice program offered at Loyola, modestly deferring credit to Loyola and to the team's advisors, Chicago attorneys Mr. Paul Plunkett and Mr. Michael Monico. Each of the Loyola teams praised the work of Mr. Plunkett and Mr. Monico in preparing the teams for the competition. Both men were dedicated -enough to the Loyola cause to take time off from their busy law practices in order to accompany the Loyola teams to Houston. The result was a triumph for. Loyola in trial advocacy -real kudos for Loyola's national reputation. After witnessing the Loyola team's performance, Houston attorneys quickly came up with job offers, urging team members to relocate to Houston. Eat your heart out, Harvard! Architects expose mootn~of new law school plans Rich Kimnoch · Despite displays of discontent over dent visibility, thus acting as a deterrent to The Dean, noting present locations of current plans for Loyola's new law school, the uninvited. some faculty offices- some as secluded as those plans might remain essentially "It's basically an empty first floor," bees in a hive - admitted the fifth floor unaltered. Such was the indication from a complained Joann Wassem, a third year feature might change thing$. "You won't March 9 open meeting with the law day student. have the interrelationship you have now, school's architects. A crowd of about 30 "Just moving th95e two rooms shoul4 . but to a c~rtain exte~t (that rela~onsbip's) students and faculty attended.· ··:• .. : :--·., ~~ Jle mucl!. ~'-'~ , prpblem/~. ·Sheehy .. .urujoupd," .b,e asserted, pleading. the, fa- · .• ThQmas W. Sheehy and Richard Ka,j- _. ~-o~~~ed. ~_.arc_hi~7 ~ougb, felt ~e . culty'-s -right· t"O and _needs . of privacy: · mowicz, both of the architectual him of- propbsed lounge area, glass walls, open '"!'here's no way that's going to· completely Graham. And6son, Probst and White stairways and centrally located front desk destroy faculty relationships," Murdock (GAPW), were greeted with grievances _ on the ground floor would promote student added, "that fifth floor is not going to be an especially over the design of the first and traffic and provide sufficient security. insurmountable barrier." fifth floors of the building. "The sense of the building itself There were few faculty members The first floor was seen by some as too provides security," Murdock noted. present to support or refute Murdock's accessible to anyone off the street· the A part of the building, the fifth floor, _ contentions. "All I want is a window," fifth floor, for faculty offices, was f~ed p~ovided another sense to some - seclu- Prof. James Curtin quietly asserted. as too inaccessible to students. Major Slon. The top floor is committed almost Pressed to comment on the possibility modifications of either might be foreclosed entirely to faculty offices. students fear of moving the faculty to the third floor, as their suggestions may have come too student-faculty interaction might suffer Murdock responded, "I doubt that change late : their implementations might be because of that. will be made." He admitted it might be infeasible Murdock was not so fearful. "There possible. Kajmowicz mentioned at the outset are techniques to create interaction," the The Dean also answered charges that that his firm was now in its third phase· of Dean said, offering wine and cheese the proposed library, with a capacity of design. In six months of work on the gatherings as an example. "There is that 150,000 volumes, is already obsolete. He l)roject GAPW has completed phase one, element; I want people to see that," he claimed the library was planned to accom-the schematic design of the school and added. modate 20 years of a "modest geometric phase two, the design development (in- None at the meeting praised condi- progression" of expansion. According to eluding floor plans). Now th~ firm is tions at the current law school, but some !'durdock reliance is placed on teclmolog-developing working plans. "Hopefully we looked for a compromising arrangement ~~ a~vancement_ and proliferation of will end this project by May," Kajmowicz at the new one. One suggestion was that IDicrofilm and nucrofiche resources to said. faculty offices be split between the fourth augment the library's carrying capacity. At this stage of development, accord- and flfth floors with a corresponding split Anot!ter question_ of accommodation ing to Sheeehy, major changes could mean of the library~s fourth floor domain. That arose wtth the subJect of lockers for significant delays and increased costs. idea y;as infeasible·, according to Mur- students. In the new school there are to be How such factors shall influence those who dock, in teinls of both spatial economy S38 - "85 per cent of (day ~d night) make the final choices - University and library security. It could require ~dents shoul~ have lockers," Sheehy President Raymond Baumhart, S.J., As- revamping of the single access security saJ.d. The architect ~~ed the facilities sistant Vice-President of Administration system for the library and walling off of are the most expensave m terms of money Denis E. Schmitt, S.J., and Law School· "the faCulty offices. and space. Dean Charles Murdock - is not yet . "It~~ not· workable. It's expensive, "That's using the most elaborate apparent. After some discussion Dean · . very ~convenient. .. Three or four years l~ker system you could have," Murdock Murdock indicated, "The suggestions from now they'll be hanging us for (that) pomte~ o~t. _ made will be considered and acted upon .. . design," 1\iurdc:lcls sai(\. He also empba- .Still dissatisfaction was registered, as We'll be making decisions before too sized' interaction at (literally) different those With fullle!Jgth coats might continue long." levels. "The secopd floor is going to invite to contend with vertically cramped quar- One suggestion enthusiastically enter- - people to use it in a casual fashion," the ters. . ta.ined by Murdock and the : architects was Dean claimed. . ·.. .. A shower 1S proposed for the fifth floor. the ·proposed installation of a teievision To avoid the log~Ca) problems in- It's to be used for "business purposes," camera at the building's front entrance · volved with splitting two floors. an~e.r according to Murdock. He emphasized . with monitors at two locations in the alternative was proposed: move the· facul-· :. : students whose purposes qualify will not building. The TV would augment plans for ty to the third floor and the library to tile be barred. some sort of a buzzer and lock system for fourth and fifth (~ther than the third and An office for a chaplain is to be on the after-hours entry. "That's no problem at foUrth). . fourth -floor. It was suggested that the all-notatthispoint,"Kajmowiczassured :< "~tpv~s.~ba~~~ s~ time," showers~ mov~ to the fourth floor _and the group of faculty and students. . Sheeny, adftutteei, ltut 'lie noted a counter- the chaplain's office be put on the fifth. More subtle, but arguably effective '! va.iling concern: making circulation for Commenting on the likelihood of the security enhancements were also sog- students as · easy as possible. For that chaplain's office being put in the shower's gested. Most received weaker welcomes. reason the library was placed one floor place, Murdock said, "I won't say wbo One id~ was to rey;~rse the positions of the above classrooms. . 'they' is; they won't put it in." first flo9r~~ ~d ~~ ri)Oms so the "In te~ of traffic and easier flow for Woes of th~ who .sweat !lr shiver , . former 1S in fioilt. It was'contended such a student use at made more sense," Murdock fl:~m ..t. ~Je ~ent;".schoo1's uneven heating configuration would generate greater-stu- ".'. said in support.· , · ,., mig~ end with. the new school According_ to Kajmowicz that building will have zoned heating with hot and cold air in circulation. "We don't anticipate any problem," he said. Nor do they anticipate a basement. "No basement - it's not even discuss.. able,'! Murdock said. Kajmowicz and · Sh~hy explairied why. · · The utility of basement space would be limited: it's undesirable for classrooms or offices; it's too small for parking. The underground space, the architects said, would accomodate at most 30 cars. "It's not economical," Kajmowiez declared. Parking ·revenues, it was pointed out, would not offset the added costs of deeper caissons, more plumbing, additional accessways, etc. Toward the meeting's end drawings of various views of the new law school were displayed. A full-color view should be ready this week. The architects noted the exterior of the building would be a reddish brown brick (similar to that of the Continental Bank at Clark and Elm streets) with bronze window frames and bronze-tinted glass. Inside, most rooms will be carpeted, some floors will be terrazzo (as the current law school's hallways). Lighting will be fluorescent; ceilings will be acoustical tile. The only exposed concrete blocks will be around the two fire stairways. The meeting was structured so that 5-10 minutes would be spent on each topic. Over 30 minutes were spent on first floor security; over 40 were spent on flfth floor exclusivity. The meeting lasted over two hours, interrupted midway by a class convening in Room 110. The meeting moved to the student lounge and con-tinued. ...._ Orientation handbook suggestions sought Reach out with a helping hand toward next September's incoming students. If you have suggestions, revisions, talent and/ or time, and would like to contribute to the next edition of the Orientation Handbook, please contact Andy Schleifer. _ Leave a message on tb~ Alphabet board with your name and phone number. or call ~ her at 761-7744. . , • , · Blacftaetli-page five Louis Nizer's own reflections not worth lOoking itito .: .• J.,,1 !ll ,.:, ~l·Pu , d1t1.t "'• ;Ir When you are reading for pleasure, it doesn't matter a ·'SOmething rotten on Long Island, but regardless Igor tinker's that the book is a classic or critically acclaimed u doesn't come off looking all that innocent. Robert it bores you. Add this fact to another, that the more one Kennedy comes off, though, as 100 per cent persecutor, reads, the fewer pages it takes to assess the quality of a not prosecutor, and that's the point of Nlzer's whole story, book - at least its value on a personal level - and one but as a life-long Democrat he took his potshots sideways. reaches the conclusion that not often will one waste a lot of No doubt he ran with powerful people and it's time finishing a ·lousy book. Well, like most logical interesting to hear his views on Jimmy Walker, theories, that one has exceptions that prove it. I just LaGuardia, FOR, Trwnan, Eisenhower and Stevenson, wasted some precious free reading time on the newest for whom he would walk across hot coals barefooted even book by one of America's foremost trial lawyers, but I'd today. It's less interesting to read a lengthy chapter about like to save you from the same fate. his naturopath and the benefit of good nutrition - not All the clues were right there on the first page, but exactly a revolutionary idea at this day. In the chapter with unflagging persistence and a hope born of ignorance about the astronauts we get a little lecture on the values of of his other works (N.B. the influence of his style) I space technology and pure research, but we never do find continued, much to my regret, to slog through the out exactly what he did representing the astronauts and remaining 447 pages of Louis Nizer's Reflection~, Wiaiout NASA. Perhaps he feels constrained by attorney-client Mirrors. privilege, but it would have made a lot more sense to tell Even the dedication page is a warning. Under the title us why they hired him, it obviously wasn't to manage their this sub-title appears: An Autobiography of the Mind. The house closings in Houston. first page should bring down the curtain though. The He does a good overview of the obscenity cases and third sentence is a rhetorical quesnon and the second his role in the Georgia Carnal Knowledge case, but stomps paragraph opens with these unforgettable lines: "I have just a little too hard on the co~cts between freedom of shunned writing an autobiography considering such an speech and freedom from filth. After pages spent enterprise an arrogant exaggeration of ego. But I have explaining to us the tensions inherent in protecting toyed with the idea of a selective series of incidents and Constitutional rights, it is as if he forgot he'd said it before my thoughts about them, which might contribute \ when he got to writing about the obscenity cases. This is something to an understanding of man and his times." perhaps the flaw that could have been handled easiest by Nizer may think this is a modest statement, but I think it a good editor. It's evident that Nizer wrote a chapter at a puts him on the hubris scale right up there with Oedipus. time, setting forth the incident, telling us what his role He delivers what he promises , however, and we get a / ·was in the case (sometimes) and then ending each whole string of totally unconnected incidents and his I segment with a rousing podium thwackin_g, stars and opinion of their significance, immediately and cosmically. stripes forever finish. Every chapter closes like a He does not contribute at all to my understanding of man summation to a jury, and the book suffers from this and his -times ;but he does reveal a great deal about because of the emotional up and 'down every 20 pages and himself, his self-image and his philosophy of life, most of Water colour wash by Hubert Shuptrine the fact that he starts to repeat himself. which I find irritating, outdated, provincial, chiluvanistic, On the matter of summations, the fictitious closing self-righteous and poorly edited. Doubleday must be write a society gossip column for the Hearst newspapers. argument to the Senate on behalf of Nixon, " Impeach-maximizing its profit on this $10.95 offering because it Igor, called Ghighi, in case you forgot, is Oleg's brother. ment or- Censure," is such a ridiculous, old man's pipe appears that no one at the publishing house took a hand in Igor was also the husband of Charlene Wrightsman and dream that it's pathetic. We are even told he sent a copy of organizing the manuscript and eliminating repetitious lived next door to the ~oseph Kennedy's. John F. even it to the White House; it got there too late to stop the sections. By the time you finish you've heard about the dated Charlene. Well, would you believe it, Robert resignation. He makes a respectable argument, that evils of the current law limiting recovery of damages for Kennedy let Attorney Generalling go to his head and impeachment is the proper response only ·if· the 'Office libel and slander so many times that he begins to sound prosecuted Igor, and all over this silly little technicality holder will endanger the country by his continued service, like a 76-year-old broken record. involving not registering as a foreign agent for the but it's hard to believe that N~on was not just such an If you're impressed by name-dropping, he's just the Dominican Republic. When Nizer pointed out how silly it office holder, endangering the country on the domestic man for you. The chapter about Dr. Armand Hammer is was to President Jack even he couldn't get that bitter, and the foreign fronts. The summation says more about -- oneotthebest, because1inallyigotit~t~~~:th~.~.L; 'Vl~tte~ti~ , Bol»~Y.' .to 5\~;-; :.~- · ~r- : ~e!le'_s' - t .• N!ze!'.S o~ t?Pini~n. o!: his~suasive oratorical powers guy on the baking soda box, be's the multi-billioruure who normally weak grip on realitY loosened to the point that than .it does about bis political stance, even more so was prosecuted for illegal contributions to Nixon's she ate a bottle of sleeping pills and gave up the fight. because he is such a staunch Democrat who would newr reelection campaign fund. It's not too bard to feel sorry What a way to reward poor Igor. After all he had think of lifting a hand for a Republican politically. for the poor old rich man on the verge of a coronary accompanied Robert Murphy of the State Department I expected a lot more of this book and because of that thrombosis being taken to task over the weighty question down to see Trujillo about reforming his act a little bit so it my opinion may be overly harsh, but it seems that one of (as Nizer phrases it) of whether the money was would look all right for us to help Trujillo fight off the the country's foremost legal minds could have produced contributed before or after April 7th and thus was lawfully . communist coup that was rumored to be in the offing. Who something more substantive than these mere jottings. given in secret. It's really hard to feel much sympathy for better qualified after all to go on a secret mission than a Granted, he's writing for the layman, but because he is an Igor Cassini and his woes, although Nizer pulls out all the gossip colwnnist, whose wife's family lawyer, Allen attorney, the garbled syntax, the embarassing lack of•.. stops in that rendition. What's nifty about the Igor story ,js Dulles, is bead of the CIA. It all was resolved with a plea of organization and the unbecoming polemics do the what it tells about Nizer's feelings for the Kennedys. nolo contendere, a $10,000 fine, and six-month probation profession which he has graced in the courtroom a Igor Cassini used the name Cholly Knickerbocker to for Igor. Nizer does his best to cover up the stink of :iisappointing public disservice. Fall class schedule to he complete for pre-registrationin May Pre-registration for Fall1978 will take place April 24 - May 1st. n will differ in several significant respects from prior pre-registration procedures and it is hoped that these changes will help simplify registration for everyone. The Administration, working closely with the Student Bar Association and the faculty, plans to have a final fall schedule ready prior to pre-registration. Thus students will know in advance of pre-registration, not only which courses are being offered but the days and times as well. Those students pre-registering for courses offered in more than one section will be able to specify which section they prefer; they will be given an opportunity to pre-register for the second section, space permitting. The effect of pre-registration will be as follows: (1) Pre-registration will give students priority in registering for the course and section, up to room capacity. (2) If more students sign up for a given course than can be accommodated by the section(s) proposed, then (a) priority will be established by class and alpha order as detennined by the assistant Dean. (b) final pre-registration class lists will be posted as soon as they are determined. Those students who cCtiUMit be accommodated in their preferred section will be given 1lH: opportunity to pre-register in the other section where applicable. (c) If the "overflow" students number more than 15 then the administration will make a good faith effort to offer another section of the same course. CAVEAT the added section obviously cannot be offered at the scheduled days and times, nor by the original instructor. (3) All scheduled courses (except Trial Practice) will · be offered if a minimum of ten students pre-register. If fewer than ten pre-register the course will be cancelled. (4) Trial Practice: Only students in ~eir last year of the ~r. or evening program are eligible. (a) A total of six sections, each accommodating 24 students, will be offered during the year: Two sections, Fall semester; One section, Mid semester (treated as a spring course for . the purposes of registration); Two sections, Spring semester; One section filr summer. · · (b) Summel' and mid semester sections can be exPanded in the multiples of eigbt to accommodate 40 students during each .session if demand warrants. (c) A section of Trial Practice II will be offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. Enrolbnent is by iilvitation of the instructors. (5) Those students who make no changes in their program will be able to register at their convenience by filling out registration forms the Monday of.the week prior to classes. (6) Students who desire to make changes in their schedules for whatever reason will be able to do so on Wednesday, · Thursday and Friday of the week prior to classes. The Assistant Dean will schedule assigned times for program changes. (7) N.B. Those students failing to pre-register will have NO PRIORITIES for any classes offered over pre-registered students REGARDLESS OF CLASS. ABA Insurance law essay Contest open All law students enrolled in the junior or senior year of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association are invited to enter the student essay contest sponsored by the American Bar Association are invited to enter the student essay contest sponsored by the Federation of Insurance Counsel foundation. The essay may be on any insurance related subject, including trial practice of insurance litigation. Essays must ~ submitted on or - before May 1, 19'18;"tbere 'wilrbe' a· first . prize of $1,000, a second prize of $500, and a third prize of $250. Essays ~?~~ ~ al?9ut l9l\IO» tp 12,000 words in length. ·An "otlginal copy. typewritten on double-spaced, on 8 ;2 by 11" white paper, should be submitted. Footnotes and style should conform to "A Uniform System of Citation." No essay will be accepted unless prepared for this contest and not. previously pub~. By submission, each entrant thereby assigns to the Foundation all rights to the essay. It is the policy of the Foundation to return all " but three winning essays and release the assignment of rights after the judges have made their decision. The decision of the judges shall be final. Essays should be mailed to: Charles B. Robinson, President, 300 South Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068. If further informatioq_. i!i r~tifred~'~t~~"te'io the same address. , • Blackacre page six ABA survey studies public legal needs The results of a national survey of legal needs of the public, jointly undertaken by a special couunittee of the American Bar Association and by the Americ~ Bar: Foundation, have just been r~leased. Barbara A. Curran, Associate Executive Director and Senior Research Attorney at the American Bar Foundation and a noted · authority on consumer credit and the · · delivery of legal services, directed · the · study. The mission of the J>rOject was to get information about the legal problems encountered by ordinary citizens and to find out how they dealt with these pr~ blems, what experiences they had with lawyers, and how they felt about laWyers and the legal system. Arising out of a period of great debate both within and without the legal profession over such issues as advertismg, accountability, lawyers' fees, delivery of legal services, and problem-solving capabilities of different sectors of the 'population, the results of The Legal Needs of the Public have been eagerly awaited · by many interested groups. For all of the possible legal problems considered, the survey reveals that Uie · chances of a lawyer being consulted ·were on~ out of three for a third of the problems, and only one out of six for the rest. Overall, lawyers are consulted for slightly less than one third of all the problems that could reasonable be considered legal - Under the supervison of Ms. Curran, the _. National Opinion Research Center ·administered to more th 2,000 adults a· questionnaire designed by the American Bar Foundation project staff in consultation with the ABA Special Couunittee to Silrvey Legal Needs. Queried first on problem-solving behavior in general, without identification of a legal emphasis, surveyrespondentswere then questioned about legal problems they encountered and ways they dealt With these matters, including whether they turned to a lawyer for help. With the · emphasis on P!!rsonal, family, nonbusiness problems, the actual law-related · situattions included jobs and wages, marital matters, consumer problems, ownership or rental of real estate, crime, liability for damage or injury, credit transactionS, violation of civil or constitutional rights, problems involving children, wills and · estate planning, settling estates,· and relations with governmental agencies. The Legal Needs study, which is designed to provide a solid factual basis for Professor Michael to lecture on oral argmnent techniques Law School Professor Richard A. Michael will present three one hour lectures on the techniques of oral argument, to legal writing students and interested upperclassmen on March 27th and 28th. Professor Michael will speak to section two of the first year day class at 3:00 p.m. on Monday March 27th and to section one at the same time on the following day. He will deliver the same lecture to the evening class at a later date to be announced. Professor Michael is an outstanding appellate practioner having argued several cases before both the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of lllinois. Professor Michael's lectures are presented as part of the first year legal writing program. ABA-LSD to present film 9n how to start ~a ; ·liiw· rwactice Carol Bagge r • ' The ABA-l.SD of Loyola will sponsor! a showing of the film "How to Start and Build a Law Practice," based on a book by Jay Foonberg. The movie presents some of the problems of "going solo", and presents some alternative plans. In addition, a r~::presentative of the ABA-l.SD endorsed insurance plan sponsored by Minnesota Mutual will be here on that day to discuss financial planning in terms of life insurance, and will be happy to answer any questions about that subject. More! , pamphlets have been placed at the reference desk for those interested in the Law Student Division's life and health insurance plans. H you are interested, it might be a good idea to read them over so the speaker from Minnesota Mutual can answer any questions you may have about them. policy decistons, goes beyond mere quantification. Analyzing a wealth of data presented in over 200 tables and figures, Ms. Curran considers the effects of such · background characteristics as age, sex, race or ethnic group, education, and income. She also explains the complex interrelationships among types of pr~ blems encountered, extent of lawyer use, demographic characteristics, probl e msolving styles, and perceptions of lawyers and the legal system. For instance, the general profile of the · person most likely to have had a satisfactory experience in consulting a lawyer is a white male over 30 years of age whose income and education is above average for his age group. But both the frequency of lawyer use and the high degree of sa tis- · faction among this group can be explained by the type of problem encounterednamely, real estate matters, estate planning, and estate settlement- problems easily handled by one lawyer and likely to bring satisfaction to the client. · By the same token, blacks and Spanishspeaking Americans are more likely to have negative feelings about the ·lawyerclient exchange not because of ethnicbased attitudes or problem-solving capability but because of the greater likelihood that they have consulted a lawyer on personal injury, property damage, or criminal charges-all problems carrying with them a greater risk of failure of resolution, disruption of the lawyer~lient relationship, and unpredictability of costs and results. In fact, for those blacks and Spanish-speaking Americans that do· make real estate transactions, the· exteni of lawyE:r use and satisfaction with ·the· performance of the lawyer and the ·legal system are comparable to those of the · typical upper-middle-income white rilale. A noteworthy finding for the public as a whole was that basic perceptionS about lawyers apparently remained the · same through the Watergate experience. Asked to reflect on whether their response to a question on lawyers' ethics would have been different before October 1972 (the · beginning of the Watergate revelationS), 92 percent of the resptmdents Said no. Moreover, opinions about lawyers thai had changed were usually attributed ·to a positive or negative personal experience with a lawyer, not to events in the news and attendant publicity. Randolph Thrower, Chairman of the Special ABA Couunittee ·to Survey Legal Needs, points out that designing effective programs to satisfy the needs identified in the study will call for more sophistication and understanding than was anticii>ated before the survey and urges that the survey results be studied carefully. Members of the legal profession will find in the study important information on what makes a person turn to a lawyer, what constitutes the lawyer's "mystique," and what aspects of lawyer behavior or operation of the legal system satisfy or frustrate the client, including such matters as lawyer promptness, keeping the client informed, and confidentiality. · Because the American Bar Foundation-_ directed study adheres to strict objectivity and rigorous methodology, it is. expected that many interest groups, from Nadertype consumer action groups and other advocacy groups to divergent iriterests within the bar, will turn to The Legal Needs of the Public as a resource to Worm their efforts. The compendium of data should also be of value to policy makers in other professions, such as doctors and dentists, sharing with the legal profession concern over the issues of advertiSmg, c;lient relationships, and accountability. · Ms. Curran, who sees the book as "only the beginning of the examination, integration, and understanding of the · survey results," plans further exploration of the many issues brought forth in ·the ·study. The author of Trends in Consumer Credit Legislation, Ms. Curran, as an Associate Executive Director,· is actively involved in shaping the research program of the American Bar Foundation. A member of the Advisory Couunittee ·on Truth in Lending to the Federal Reserve Board since 1970, she has also served on the lllinois Governer's Consumer Credit Advisory Couunittee and the Consumer Credit Advisory Couunittee to the Natiorial Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. She was a consultant to-the President's Commission on Consumer Interests and to the Task Force on Law and Law Enforcement of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. In addition to writing numerous scholarly articles in her field, Ms. Curran makes frequent presentations to policy makers, bar groups, and academics in law and the social sciences. The Legal Needs. of the Public was funded by the American Bar Endowment; Carnegie Corporation of New York: the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation; International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans; International Union, United ·Au~ mobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW); and the Russell Sage Foundation. The Survey of Legal Needs is available from the American Bar Foundation, 1155 E. 60th Street, Chicago, lllinois 60637, for $25.00. Some reflections during the family cocktail hour The problem right here is really quite clear, And one that I can't wait to :solve·: Just how do I win vermouth and more gin To go with my almond-stuffed olive? Do I raise up my hand in style quite grand And blurt out my selfish request? Or should I be quiet and make up a diet Of crackers and cheese like the rest? Acts of decorum? I've always been for 'em, For manners I learned in my youth. But which is the worster, to die of my thirst Or to dare be a tad bit uncouth? Alas and Alack! H I were just back To smokin' my usual joint. . . Without all the bothers of mothers and fathers And others I can't disappoint. For in that endeavor one needn't be clever Or humble to honor his host, As most the desires that smoking inspires Are foreign to Emily Post. And who would get violent if, rather than silent, I sang out the reefer refrain: "Pray tell where the stash is ... on papers ... on matches!" I s'pose you could choose to try that with booze, Inviting a round of applause. But who has the gall or the courage to call For a drink and a handful of straws? And say you had tried it, and such were provided, One hurdle you still must surmount: Can you with perfection perform a dissection Of olives in equal amounts? The high from the reefer is hardly the chief Or the ultimate good of the vice. Though some have conceded (and i have agreeded) The feeling is hardly un-nice. The value in smoking (no kidding or joking) Seems more in the manner it's done. Among all your friends it's the means, not the ends That make for the maximum fun. But if you come late or your still feelin' straight Or you just want to heighten your stone, Don't sigh or be squeamish or suffer extremishYou wanta get high? Roll your own! Omar Pana~iotopolis FLAPJAW~S SALOON LTD • ·" , 810 North Wabash Flapjaw's Bill of Fare Below Bobby's Beef 112 & 114lb. Pound Burgers with your choice of American or Swiss cheese. Steak sandwich and Brats SPECIAL-SPECIAL-SPECIAL 'Cause once I've completed my ten-fingered feat *Saturday nights 8 P·M· till closing It is more than for me that I've labored; I ask you, now who could complain? ~:Ot~~u~!~~=~~~!a~ircles it's started. Giant Busch .4<f Pitcher $1.50 .. . .... fl "_ ...• •• ·.·~_ "'!,"", "•!•- -.---------------------------..;.._ ________. ..... .. . . . . """. ... . v--·-·-. -............ --....... .... . .. . ..... . ........ - I+ " Blackacre page seven SBA Notes E.~K~.ftf!ns set for SBA Executive Board Election petitions for the Executive board of the · Student Bar Association are due on Monday, April3rd at 9:00p.m. The offices of President, Vice President, secretary and Treasurer are open. Representative elections will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday April 11th and 12th. The Self-nominating petitions must contain the signatures of any 25 students in the law school. Speeches will be made by the candidates between April 3-10. Also, committee positions will be open. Committees include: Academic Standards, Faculty Hiring, Curriculum, and Library. Letters of intent must be submitted to SBA. WHITE SOX TICKETS issue of player contracts and other legal aspects of the sports world. Seymour Simon is t enatively scheduled to speak at a later date. POSTAGE STAMPS SBA is now selling postage stamps at face value to anyone who needs stamps. This saves a trip and inflated prices at either the University bookstore or the currency exchange. CHECK CASHING Law students may now cash personal and payroll checks up to 25 dollars at the Oak Trust and savings Bank at the corner of Chestnut and Rush. This service is provided free of charge with the presentation of a law school I. D. The bank is open 8:30-6:00 Monday-Friday. STUDENT LOUNGE PROPOSAL Plans for the remodeling of the student ' lounge have been fmalized. Furnishings will include three small couches and four tables with chairs. A diagram of the design is available for inspection at the SBA office. JUNE GRADUATION Graduation will be held Sunday, 11. Watch for details. BOAT TRIP June SBA is sponsoring a boat trip on Lake Michigan on Friday, June 9th, for graduating seniors. A boat has already been chartered for $1000. $120 will be spent on food and another $100 on gambling equipment. The atmosphere of the evening will be that of a floating casino. The boat trip will be cost approximately $5.00 per person. The trip will be open to the entire student body, but seniors and guests will receive ticket priority. SPRING FLING On Saturday, April 29th, SBA will be sponsoring its Spring Fling in the George-town Room of the Marquette Center. "Things are looking pretty good" according to Tom Roche Vice President of SBA. A lot of talent is lined up including law school musical and comedy groups. 'Festivities will beg_in at about 7:00 p.m. There will be a night club type atmosphere with tables and various types of enter~ tainments along the lines of the Christmas Dance presented until about 9:30 when a dance band will provide dance music for the second half of the evening. There will be an open bar. Admission will be three dollars a third of which will be allocated to the UNICEF Least We Can Do campaign. SBA wishes you a Happy ST. Patncks Day There is a March 17th deadline for payment of tickets for the opening day White Sox game. Ticket price is ' five dollars. Due to the large volume of ticket requests, failure to pay for the tickets by this time will result in loss of tickets. So far 150 students have signed up for tickets. H your name is on the waiting list you can now obtain a ticket by getting your payment in by Friday. Tickets for the game will be distributed from the SBA office before the actual day of the game. The Sox will open against Boston on April 7th at 1:15 p.m. Payment by check is preferred. ~£ond phase of blood drive set for May On Wednesday March 29th, at 4 p.m. Dean Murdock is sponsoring a presentation by Esther Rothstein, President of the Chicago Bar Association. A wine and chese social will be held afterwords. Coffee and rolls will also be available during the speech. On Wednesday, April 5th, SBA will sponsor a speech by United States District Coutr Judge Frank McGarr at 5:15 in a room to be announced. A wine and chees reception will follow. On Tuesday, May 2nd, Bill Veek, owner of the Chicago White S"ox, will talk on the Fifty-six stouthearted law students contributed a pint of blood apiece last week to kick off the law school blood drive. Nearly as many students were turned away by the nurses drawing the blood because of active or recent illnesses (primarily colds) and, surprisingly, for low blood pressure readings. When the blood drive goal of 120 pints is reached, Blood Services, Inc. will assure that all Loyola law students and faculty members, as well as members of their immediate families, have free access to 100 per cent of the blood they may need during the next year. Because 64 pints are still needed to reach that goal, a "pick-up" drawing has been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, May 3. Blood drive supporters were somewhat disappointed with the volume that was col!_~ted las! we~~· but are confident Celebrate St. Patrick's·Day With Everybody At · ..... I i ' i~ ~~ lr4 ,f.h. ~.. ~ .;; that when flu season abates a sufficient number of healthy donors will be available to reach the target volume. Charlene Entman of Blood Services, Inc. emphasized that those people who did donate are now personally covered by the blood replacement program. The school as a whole, however, will not be covered until Blood Services finds substantial performance of our obligation. ''Fifty-six pints on a contract that calls for 120 pints is not substantial performance," Ms. Entman observed. Donors were treated to orange juice and cookies courtesy of the Chicago Ave. McDonald's, and more than one do!}or hung around to watch the end of whatever hospital show or soap opera was on the television when he or she walked in. One first year student remarked between mouthfuls :of McDonaldland cookies that "watching As the World Turns sure beats reading Property." Between half and two-thirds of the donors were first year day students. Faculty members, on the other hand, who will also be covered by the blood assurance program, were conspicuous by their absence. Professor Kalevitch, who was temporarily ineligible to give because of a cold, promised to bare his arm in May. other professors pleaded lack of time (donating takes 20 minutes) or fear of needles. Those who did donate on March 7 will be eligible to give again on May 2 - the day before the "pick-up" drawing. Those who did not donate or were temporarily barred from donating due to illness will also be eligible, and are encouraged to give and • _bare it on May 3. Labor law team ceases labor Mary Kay Kelly At the end of almost two months of preparation, Loyola's Labor Law moot court team has returned from New York and the National Labor Law Moot Court Competition. After arriving in New York on Wednesday, March 8, Loyola's teams prepared for an argument on Thursday, alternating sides on Friday. Joe Burns and Dee Jarrett were successful in these preliminary rounds and went on to argue another round on Saturday. David Levitt and Michael Cascino were informed they were very impressive on Thursday and Friday in their rounds against St. John's University and the University of Detroit, but were not invited to continue to the Saturday rounds. The competition itself was held at the New York Law School, the law school claiming Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court as an alwnnus. The various judges included a11 assortment of prominent members of the New York Bar Association. The Loyola team of Burns and Jarrett argued in front of Peter Seitz, a New York arbitrator noted for his representation of Andy Messersmith in the arbitration with the Major League owners. The fact that the Loyola team did not make it to the fmals only meant. that team members had three well-deserved days as tourists of New York City, sharpening their legal skills. The group stayed at the Grammercy Park on 21st .and Lexington in Manhattan, dined at such culinary extravaganzas as "Francesca Gourmet on the Run" and drank away moot court problems at pubs like "Rosie O'Grady's." Besides hitting a Broadway play they also made it to the New York musts such as Rockefeller Plaza, the United'Nations, the Statute of Liberty and the Empire State Building. Rimon'l /JELl 'n. SUCH BEST FOOD FRIENDtiEST ATMOSPHERE CASE CLOSED!!! (Find out for yoursem 864 N. Wabash 266-1005 .. HOURS:· MONDAY- FRIDAY 11-8 PM - SATURDAY 11-5 PM Blackacre page eight Baryshnikov and Kirkland shine in ABT program Liz Pendzich This time the American Ballet Theater did its homework before coming to Chicago. TWo years ago when they danced Giselle I swore that I would never go again. This year, however, since Mikhail Barysbnikov was dancing, I bought not one, but two tickets. Not only was he magnificent, but so was Gelsey Kirkland. And the corps de tiallet bad improved somewhat. The program both nights was so enjoyable that it is very difficult to pick a favorite composition. Consequently, I will save the most familiar for last. Tuesday night, March 7th, was opening night at the Lyric Opera House. The programwasasfollows: La Bayadere, Other Dances, The Firebird, and Push Comes to Shove. La Bayadere and The Firebird .interested me least. The former is the last act of a ballet by the same name choreographed by Marius Petipa and staged by Natalia Makarova. The composition is the story of a bayadere or East Indian temple dancer whose prince comes looking for her in the Kingdom of the Shades. Unfortunately, the sum total of the movements did not convey the sadness, remorse and reconciliation promised in the Stagebill. Next came Other Dances choreographed by Jerome Robbins in 1976 to music by Chopin-a waltz and four mazurkas. Other Dances was choreographed for Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova. Tuesday night Gelsey Kirkland substituted for Miss Makarova. Miss Kirkland wore a pearl gray gray chemise and Baryshnikov's costuine matched hers. The stage was bare except for a piano and pianist at stage right. Kirkland and Baryshnikov danced a solo each preceeded and followed by dances done together. Never having seen a Jerome Robbins' work before I was pleasantly surprised. All of the dances had fiowing, slightly jazzy yet refined movements set to music by the quintessential Polish Romantic composer. For those in the audience who. were;eeing bothdancers for the flrst time, it was obvious that they were watching the best. Miss Kirkland was so fluid and airy at 5'2" and 95 pounds that I never heard her toe shoes hitting the wooden· floor. Next came Stravinsky's The Fire bird with Cynthia Gregory in the title role. This colorfully staged story of a prince and princess is exactly what I had expected a Stravinsky ballet to be like. The story moves quickly, the music is 20th century yet lyrical, the costumes and set brilliant with color and fantasy. The evening's hit was Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove. I had seen parts of this famous spoof on classical ballet on television and had found it very funny. The Prelude is choreographed to Joseph Lamb's "Bohemia Rag 1919", while the following four movements are set to Haydn's Symphony No. 82. Baryshnikov appears first on an empty stage dressed in rolled up mute rust pants and a matching scoop neck leotard. His body was like putty, he jived and had rhythm and suddenly he was lost. All of this was intentional, of course. He demonstrated once again that he is not only a consummate dancer, but a superb actor with a refreshing sense of hmnor. Shortly, Martine van Hamel and Marianna Tcherkassky, with bobbed hair and dresses with flounces straight out of the 20's, joined the fun on stage. From then on everything that could possibly go wrong did. Arms were bent in the wrong places, feet got tangled and dancers tipped wer in the middle of arabesques. In the middle of all this, one deadpan dancer walked straight to the footlights with hands outstretched as though acknowledging applause. Poor soul, no one had told him that the show wasn't over. All in all, the ballet was a perfect close to a long evening with three intermissions. The audience left in an exuberant mood and laughed and joked all the way home on the No. 36 bus. If you enjoy classical ballet, you'll enjoy Push Comes to Shove. If you hate ballet, you couldn't help but laugh at the antics. On Friday March 10, the Opera House witnessed the gala premiere of the ABT's new Nutcracker, as conceived, directed and choreographed by Baryshnikov. You may have seen the same production on television shortly before Christmas. This one was better because it was all life-size and real. The fact that Christmas is long gone did not detract from anyone's enjoyment. A little girl down the aisle was so enthralled each time a new character appeared that she could not restrain herself from comment to the effect that she knew that part or she remembered that puppet. There was so much excitement, color, and excellent dancing that the ballet seemed 15 rather than 90 minutes long. Gelsey Kirkland is a perfect Clara. Her size is right, her movements childlike and her dancing exquisite. In fact, I'm still not sure that she has bones. Herr Drosselmeyer had a huge cape behind which characters appeared and disappeared. You could almost see the strings being pulled on the harlequin and doll. The Russian dancers leaped and tumbled through the air and the snowflakes were so delicate they almost melted. The Mouse King had long, ugly whiskers and was evil, while the Prince, danced by Baryshnikov, glittered in white and silver. When Clara and thePrince danced together you believed in the fairytale. They complemented each other perfectly. She was in awe of her Prince and jumped and danced in perfect unison with him. The Prince, on the other hand, lifted Clara higher and more often than I've ever seen. He made her look more exquisite than she already was. Tuesday night when it was all over Miss Kirkland handed Baryshnikov a bouquet of flowers, he handed it back, and she laid it down in front of him. On Friday night when she offered him a rose, he kissed her hand. Sheer class and elegance. 0.009 Carter v. Carter Coal Co. by Michael Poulos A history professor of mine once told me. he had no-doubt That the difference between a histori~-arcbiM ·sOCietY and a utopian-anarchist society is that the former is backed by force and the latter does with~ut. I mention this in passing not because I want you to start comparing Edward Bellamy with Julius Caesar, But beca~ I wonder what one would call a society that does neither. Remember the Whiskey Rebellion when a bunch of rural types wouldn't obey the law? Remember what the · President decided to do? Why, Old George Washington got his army together, marched out there, found the troublemakers, and shot a few. Both Shena Alexander and John Kilpatrick would agree we've come far since that day (Though I'd rather not speculate on what else they'd say). You see, the American system workS because when a court orders something everyone usually goes along with it either because they .respect our system of justice or because they know if they don't they'll get it docked from their salary. - And though this holds true most of the time, it increasing ly is not the ease when that order is requested by the Pennsylvania Avenue Peanut Gallery. So one may wonder why the President decided to risk our system of justice by having the courts issue an order that everyone agreed was unfair, stupid, unenforcible, likely to breed disrespect for the government, and for the most part appeared to be the doing of _ a bunch of jerks, But that's how democracv works! (Though even more ludicrous is the prospect of J .C. seizing the mines "and running them himself and thus becoming the country's savior, Wben all he'd accomplish is offending the coal miner's wives if his aides managed to stay on their best Washington behavior. ) But tt~e President didn't want to be known among his Southern conservative friends as a defectOr, From the cauSe Of the private ·s~tor. · While at the same time he didn't care t6 be seen as a staunch supporter of beliefs so old When up North we are all freezmg cold. So he invoked Taft-Hartley, And assumed we'd all be at least half pleased .be<:aillle the law would only be followed_partly. Thus we are t.aH mad because he showed us ·that a group d~Q~t have to obey the law if. it has enough 'l;otes, · While our otber half is mad because we can't get any coal to -beat .our homes and generate electricity and make steel to build cars so we can ~o to Saudi Arabia (v. UMW v. Bituminous Coal Operators ~c. v. North v. South .v. U~ or, we can take away ~ slaves, but we can't take away their sunshine) 'U}d brio~ ~~k Qil iJ} big b9ats. The miners too are angry because they don't want to do what they . don•t want to do buttheydon'twantto . suffer any more financial losses, · · Not to n;tention th~ir fury at being awakened early in the morrung by a marshaJ~ attexr,ting service of process! Thus, the White House gang thinks their chlef bas accomplished a great feat and they are all ahhing and oohing, While the rest of us are wondering if Carter knows what he's doing. But let us not be deceived into thinking that just because Carter's goals are not readily apparent, That this time his plans are less than cold, calculating, and coherent. First, he says we must depe_nd on coal and then, He can't get a contract for the men. Next, he grafts nuclear power plants to the e9untryside with lamination, And tells us not to worry about radioactive contamina-tion. Finally, he says we must stop importing so much . petroleum, · By doing without our cars, plastics, and linoleum. · So why do we think Carter con:imitted a blunder, Just because we can•t get coal, are afraid to split the atom. and the price of gas is forcing us under? Be not deceived, for alternative sources soon will take over fro.J_D the. regions tropical to the regions polar~ And Amenca will enter the Age of Solar. · Which brings us to Carter's plan for the South to rise again and this time end up number one: For, though Arabia has the oil and West Virginia has the coal and Chicago has the a~. it's the South that has a monopoly on the sun!
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